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Country
  
Hungary

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Website
  
www.csurgo.hu

Local time
  
Monday 6:19 AM

Area code
  
82

County
  
Somogy

Postal code
  
8840

Area
  
59.6 km²

Population
  
5,788 (2001)

Team
  
Csurgói KK

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 83% Humidity

Csurgó (formerly Somogy-Csurgó) is a town in Somogy county, Hungary.

Contents

Map of Csurg%C3%B3, 8840 Hungary

Sightseeings

The town was important educational center of the Reformed Church in Hungary. Its Reformed Church College was visited by Mihály Csokonai Vitéz, the famous poet, too.

The Árpád age church has characteristic architecture. It has western tower with fourfold lower floors and octagonal upper floors with stone gul on the top.

Twin towns — Sister cities

Csurgó is twinned with:

  • Aumale, France
  • Fehérvárcsurgó, Hungary
  • Haimhausen, Germany
  • Markelo, Netherlands
  • Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania
  • Vráble, Slovakia
  • Vrsar, Croatia
  • Yuzawa, Japan

    • People

  • Attila Bárkányi (hu)
  • Ferenc Beleváry (hu)
  • Ladislas Farago, military historian
  • Antal Stevanecz, Slovene teacher and writer

    • References

    Csurgó Wikipedia
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